Improvement in milk-skimmers



S. MARTIN.

Improvement `in Milk-Skimmers.

Patented July 30,1872.

UNITED STATES PATENT CFFIGE.

\ SAMUEL MARTIN, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND ALFRED E. JANES, OF EAST HAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN NIILK`SKIMMERS. u

` Specification formingpart of Letters Patent No. 129,975, dated July 30, 1872.

' -ing it round and hooking` the hooks on its ends over the sides of the pan, retaining the cream on that side of the pan and turning the' milk ofi, leaving the cream in the pan.

Description of the Drawing forming part of this Specification. Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention, and Fig. 2 a view of the skimmer and of a pan for the purpose of showing how the skimmer is used.

` Y `General Description. A. is the part of the skimmer perforated with holes; B, the top of the skimmer; C, the hande of the skimmer; D, the hooks on the ends of the skimmer to hook over the pan and hold it in position.

The operation of this skimmer is very simple: Take the skimmer and drop it into a pan on one side, as shown in Fig. 2, and draw it carefully to the other side of the pan, taking the cream along with it, till it comes to the other side of the pan; then take it out and turn it round the other side to and hook the hooks over the sides of the pan, and then pour o" the milk,'leaving the cream held between.

the skimmer and the side of the pan.

v Claim.

SAMUEL MARTIN.

Witnesses J. B. simu, E. J. SMITH. 

